Read our stories about people from all walks of life who use Cued Speech to support language acquisition, communication, and literacy. Cued Speech is used by parents and families and professionals as well as the direct consumers of Cued Speech. These cuers and the roles they play lend to a rich diversity of stories that will hopefully inspire you to consider Cued Speech or to share your story as a cuer.
By Hend Ibrahim I always assumed that deaf people communicated through sign language and thought it was a universal language. So, when my husband, Sanjar, and I first learned that our third child, Adam, had Usher Syndrome type 2C and was profoundly deaf in his left ear, I began to learn and use American Sign […]
Read MoreBy Kathy Loo Our family decided to adopt in 2012 and brought home our son, Asen, in 2014. To our knowledge he has had some degree of hearing loss since birth. By the time we had access to his file, there was no question that he was profoundly deaf. We genuinely didn’t know what to […]
Read MoreTiffany was born deaf due to Waardenberg Syndrome and grew up using Total Communication with two bilateral cochlear implants. She learned cueing only 2 years ago and has been making strides using Cued Speech transliterators in class since then. Tiffany lives in Silver Spring MD, where she studies pediatric nursing at Montgomery College. Q: How […]
Read MoreBy Deanne and Judd Grafe My name is Deanne Grafe and my husband, Judd and I are the parents of two profoundly deaf children. Lexi is 6 years old and Isaiah is 5 years old. When Lexi was 15 months old, we took her in to see her pediatrician for a check-up. She had a […]
Read MoreBy Preeti Kochar The Diagnosis After many years of wanting a child we finally had a beautiful daughter, she was perfect and very alert. We named her Prachi (Sanskrit for the East). At two weeks old, my mother, who was visiting from South Africa, told me Prachi was a very bright child. My mother normally […]
Read MoreBy Suzy Brown Cued Speech is a vocation for me and my family. A vocation is a calling. It’s different from a job or career; it’s a part of who you are and permeates every aspect of your life. My daughter Felicity is profoundly deaf. Through some stroke of luck, I already knew some sign […]
Read MoreKevin has been deaf since birth and grew up cueing. He does not use hearing aids or cochlear implants. He hails from Fayetteville, GA, and is currently a senior at the University of Georgia, studying mathematics. He aspires to working in deaf ministry and teaching mathematics. Q. What’s your name and age?Kevin Rance, 21 […]
Read MoreDavid was born deaf in Jerusalem, Israel and grew up cueing in Bethesda, MD. He currently uses a cochlear implant. At the moment, David lives in San Francisco, CA where he currently works with a web company called 1000memories. He plans to finish his degree in Computer Science at RIT this fall. Q. What’s your […]
Read MoreI was born a healthy 9 pounds via Caesarean section in Hinsdale, Illinois in 1990. My parents were sent home with a daughter they had named Rachel and were somewhat mystified by my preternaturally loud shrieks, which signaled basic infant care needs. Universal newborn hearing screening was a thing of the future. My father would […]
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